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## TODO
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# state of Debian s390x
# http://debblog.philkern.de/2012/04/state-of-debian-s390x.html
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# from non-DD to DD
# http://dunetna.probeta.net/doku.php/blog:from_non_dd_to_dd
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# Debian kFreeBSD vs Debian Linux vs FreeBSD 9
# http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA4NTY
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# [others] call for help for the booth at grazer linuxtager →
# <20120403182715.GW21887@chough.tokkee.org>
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# debconf12 registration open + cfp
# http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120412
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<intro issue="eight" />
<toc-display/>


<toc-add-entry name="permanentBSP">Personal BSP initiatives</toc-add-entry>
<p>
We usually inform about BSP meetings organized in real life during a weekend,
but we'd like to relay personal initiatives: Gregor Herrmann reports 
<a "http://info.comodo.priv.at/blog/archives/2012/04/#e2012-04-08T21_24_42.txt">every</a>
<a "http://info.comodo.priv.at/blog/archives/2012/04/#e2012-04-01T17_50_17.txt">week</a>
<a "http://info.comodo.priv.at/blog/archives/2012/03/#e2012-03-25T20_46_42.txt">over</a>
<a "http://info.comodo.priv.at/blog/archives/2012/03/#e2012-03-18T14_31_19.txt">ten</a>
Release-Critical bugs squashed.
Gerfried Fuchs also regularly reports about stable Release-Critical bugs
squashed: she manages to squash 
<a "http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2012/04/02#squeeze-RCs-2012-3">over</a>
<a "http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2012/02/08#squeeze-RCs-2012-2">thirty</a>
<a "http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2012/01/19#squeeze-RCs-2012-1">bugs</a>
every month.
We would like to thank Gregor Herrmann, Gerfried Fuchs and all other RC
Bugs addicts who are constantly helping to make our distribution better.
</p>


<toc-add-entry name=""></toc-add-entry>

<p>
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</p>


<toc-add-entry name="interviews">Interviews</toc-add-entry>

	<p>Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, 
 new issues of the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ThisWeekInDebian"><q>This week in
	Debian</q> podcast</a> have been published:  with
<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx; and with
<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx.
</p>

	<p>There have also been 
 further <q>People behind Debian</q> interviews: with
<a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/.....">Firstname
Lastname</a> (role in Debian here), ; and with
<a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/.....">Firstname
Lastname</a> (role in Debian here).
</p>

<p>
<p>Raphaël Hertzog published a <q>People behind Debian</q> interview with
<a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/04/06/people-behind-debian-francesca-ciceri-member-of-debian-press-publicity-teams/">Francesca
Ciceri</a>, member of the Debian press and publicity teams, while
Petter Reinholdtsen interviewed
<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Wolfgang_Schweer.html">Wolfgang
Schweer</a> and
<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Justin_B__Rye.html">Justin
B Rye</a> for his <q>Debian Edu interviews</q> series.
</p>


<toc-add-entry name="other">Other news</toc-add-entry>

<p>The xxth issue of the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/">miscellaneous news for developers</a> 
has been released and covers the following topics:</p>
<ul>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
</ul>

<p>Guido Günther sent some
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/04/msg00000.html">bits
from the fifth Debian Groupware Meeting</a>,
held at the Linux Hotel in Essen, Germany.
During the weekend the group has fixed various issues and has been able to
push new versions of <a href="http://packages.debian.org/icedove">icedove</a>
and <a href="http://packages.debian.org/d-push">d-push</a> to <q>unstable</q>
while <a href="http://packages.debian.org/iceowl">iceowl</a> (dead upstream)
is kept in <q>experimental</q>.
Some work was also done on OpenChange, Zarafa ZCP and SOGo, and several
<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=evolution;dist=unstable">evolution
bugs</a> were worked on.
</p>

<toc-add-entry name="events">Upcoming events</toc-add-entry>
<p>There are several upcoming Debian-related events:</p>
<ul>
 <li>April 19-20, San Francisco, USA &mdash; Debian table at <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0419-openstack">OpenStack Conference</a></li>
 <li>April 28, Graz, Austria &mdash; Debian booth at <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0428-GLT12">Grazer Linuxtage</a></li>
 <li>April 29-30, Shangai, China &mdash; <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0429-shangai-bsp">Debian Bug Squashing
 Party</a></li>
</ul>
<p>
You can find more information about Debian-related events and talks
on the <a href="$(HOME)/events">events section</a> of the Debian web site,
or subscribe to one of our events mailing lists for different regions:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu">Europe</a>, 
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-nl">Netherlands</a>, 
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-ha">Hispanic America</a>, 
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-na">North America</a>.
</p>

<p>Do you want to organise a Debian booth or a Debian install party?
Are you aware of other upcoming Debian-related events?
Have you delivered a Debian talk that you want to link on our
<a href="$(HOME)/events/talks">talks page</a>? 
Send an email to the <a href="mailto:events@debian.org">Debian Events Team</a>.
</p>

<toc-add-entry name="newcontributors">New Debian Contributors</toc-add-entry>

	<p>
XXX applicants have been
<a href="https://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php#newmaint">accepted</a>
	as Debian Developers,
XXX applicants have been
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/...">accepted</a>
	as Debian Maintainer, and
XXX people have <a href="http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/new-maintainers.cgi">started
        to maintain packages</a> since the previous issue of the Debian
	Project News. Please welcome
X,
Y,
and
Z
	into our project!</p>


<toc-add-entry name="rcstats">Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release</toc-add-entry>

## release= codename for the current testing release
## testing= number of bugs as defined by this UDD query → http://ur1.ca/8p8k0 (for the not shortened url, look at webwml/english/template/debian/projectnews/boilerplates.wml on the webwml repository)
## tobefixed: number of bugs as defined byt this UDD query → http://ur1.ca/8p8lo
## example:
# <rcstats release="Wheezy"
# 	testing="613"
# 	tobefixed="410" />

<rcstats release="Wheezy"
	testing="XXX"
	tobefixed="XXX" />


<toc-add-entry name="dsa">Important Debian Security Advisories</toc-add-entry>

	<p>Debian's Security Team recently released
	advisories for these packages (among others):
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2012/dsa-"></a>,
	Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Backports Team released advisories for these packages:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/"></a>,
        Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Stable Release Team released an update announcement for the package:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/"></a>.
        Please read it carefully and take the proper measures.</p>


<p>Please note that these are a selection of the more important security
advisories of the last weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about
security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please
subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/">security mailing
list</a> (and the separate <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/">backports
list</a>, and <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/">stable updates
list</a>) for announcements.
</p>


<toc-add-entry name="nnwp">New and noteworthy packages</toc-add-entry>

<p>
XXX packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
recently. <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg">Among
many others</a> are:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/XXX">\
	XXXX &mdash; XXXX</a></li>
</ul>


<toc-add-entry name="wnpp">Work-needing packages</toc-add-entry>

## link= link to the mail report from wnpp@debian.org to debian-devel ML
## orphaned= number of packages orphaned according to $link
## rfa= number of packages up for adoption according to $link

<wnpp link="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/..."
	orphaned="XXX"
	rfa="XXX" />

<toc-add-entry name="continuedpn">Want to continue reading DPN?</toc-add-entry>

<continue-dpn />

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